Richard Alden Oliver, OAM (born 16 April 1955) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. He was born in the South Australian town of

Gawler Gawler is the oldest country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about north of the ...

. He participated in athletics at both the 1976 Toronto and 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in 1980 in the Men's 100 m 4 event. He held the world records in the 100 m and 200 m events. He was part of the

Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team The Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Rollers. Australia took the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralymp ...

at all Paralympics from 1976 to 1996. He won a gold medal as part of the winning team at the

1996 Atlanta Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

, for which he received a

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

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* 1955 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Australia Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Australia Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Australian male wheelchair racers Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sportsmen from South Australia People from Gawler, South Australia {{Australia-Paralympic-medalist-stub